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All of these:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mcg-iCBivbw
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Karen Carpenter singing Look to your Dreams.
What a pity she couldn't.
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I first heard The Chi Lites' "Have You Seen Her" after a brief hopeless fling in the early '70s:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVYxKRXDT2I
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January 05, 2019, 11:51:12 AM »
Quote from: JK on January 05, 2019, 10:50:34 AM
I first heard The Chi Lites' "Have You Seen Her" after a brief hopeless fling in the early '70s:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVYxKRXDT2I
Wow, those harmonies in the beginning sure sound like being directly influenced by the "Surfer girl" intro. Beautiful!
And thanks for posting, JK!
And I add these songs:
Jerry Lee Lewis - Would you take another chance on me?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcY_ODmTnbw
(check out this
live performance
as well)
George Jones & Tammy Wynette - I've seen better days
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9L7XsdtHdU
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Really, if the Band's vocalists are the thing turning you off ....is there any other way you can access these handful of perfect songs by Robbie Robertson?
No. Why access? Thousands good/ better songs.
"The Saddest Songs" by Joyful Joy-Merrys - joyfully sad song (or sadly joyful song? Anyhoo, fits the thread).
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Crazy Horse - I Don't Want To Talk About It
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBz_2EqJ5wI
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This is one of the saddest songs I know. I should add that the lyrics do
not
apply to me:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olNfWDRuBNY
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladies_and_Gentlemen_We_Are_Floating_in_Space
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"Quiet Night" by Anna Ternheim is real late-night missing-someone music. The wordless bits hit home the hardest:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmInifeZkzY
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Neil Young - Birds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4imn-swb34
Fantastic lead vocal and beautiful harmonies.
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Quote from: B.E. on July 13, 2019, 03:55:51 PM
Neil Young - Birds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4imn-swb34
Fantastic lead vocal and beautiful harmonies.
Yes indeed. It's over--just about the saddest words you can ever expect to hear.
This is one that seriously teared me up the one time I heard it a year or so ago, "Rainbow Connection" from
The Muppet Movie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS3Lkc6Gzlk
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I never thought of this one as a sad song but more as a joyous anthem. But the words on reflection are
so
sad.
Kim Weston's "Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me A Little While)" has long been my favourite Motown song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVkXrimUidA
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July 16, 2019, 04:35:47 PM »
Lisa Germano SINGING TO THE BIRDS
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=lisa+germano+hero
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Quote from: SBonilla on July 16, 2019, 04:35:47 PM
Lisa Germano SINGING TO THE BIRDS
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=lisa+germano+hero
Steve, no offence meant but I've linked the track for anyone curious to hear it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HElU_-hb7Cc
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Quote from: JK on July 17, 2019, 06:29:29 AM
Quote from: SBonilla on July 16, 2019, 04:35:47 PM
Lisa Germano SINGING TO THE BIRDS
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=lisa+germano+hero
Steve, no offence meant but I've linked the track for anyone curious to hear it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HElU_-hb7Cc
Oops. Thanks.
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Nice archaic song. Zsa Zsa Gabor may be familiar with it as young girl.
It ain't sad to these ears but it's got weird bleak back tale. Difficult to believe.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IN-vbMeJBHA
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Not technically a song but man is it sad! The Israelite judge Jephtha made a rash vow to God after defeating the Ammonites and had to sacrifice his daughter. This is the heart-breaking "Plorate filii Israel" (weep, you children of Israel), the final lament from Giacomo Carissimi's oratorio on the subject:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PLnla_I9gQ
http://www.jamescsliu.com/classical/Carissimi_Jephte.html
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Not technically a song but man is it sad! The Israelite judge Jephtha made a rash vow to God after defeating the Ammonites and had to sacrifice his daughter. This is the heart-breaking "Plorate filii Israel" (weep, you children of Israel), the final lament from Giacomo Carissimi's oratorio on the subject:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PLnla_I9gQ
http://www.jamescsliu.com/classical/Carissimi_Jephte.html
Beautiful and heartbreaking, indeed! And a very difficut paragraph in the Bible. Judges 11,29-40
EDIT: I'm constantly replaying this recording. Such incredible and beautiful music and performance. Thanks for the heads-up!
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Deleted due nobody checking 5 yt links to songs which could start discussion (don't people like new discussions anyway, why discuss with usual same favorite posters ad infinitum, it's too safe & boring).
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Quote from: Rocker on October 22, 2019, 07:04:26 AM
Quote from: JK on October 22, 2019, 03:47:25 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PLnla_I9gQ
http://www.jamescsliu.com/classical/Carissimi_Jephte.html
Beautiful and heartbreaking, indeed! And a very difficult paragraph in the Bible. Judges 11,29-40
EDIT: I'm constantly replaying this recording. Such incredible and beautiful music and performance. Thanks for the heads-up!
You're most welcome. Yes, it's a very emotional listen--and such an early piece too.
The amateur choir I used to accompany at rehearsals performed it on one occasion. Being in the middle of it, so to speak, was even more overwhelming!
I'm not religious but I'd be the first to admit that religion has given birth to the most extraordinary works in music, art and architecture.
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Joni Mitchell - Little Green
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This is the Everly Brothers' song
"It's all over"
, certainly one of the saddest pieces of Pop music I know. Written by Don Everly. I did read online that this was one of the few songs where Phil Everly took the solo lead, but to me the phrasing sounds more like Don.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNgc_3yAWyg
Well, if this didn't move you, this one will surely break your heart. It's Don's demo, just him and his guitar. It seems to have even more meaning since Phil died.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Re5c1jd39RY
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Maybe I've already posted this one. Okay, maybe it's a song about falling in love but it's so, so sad. And no, this does
not
reflect my mood right now!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CTyh5ehsEU
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Since_I_Fell_for_You
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Quote from: Rocker on October 22, 2019, 07:04:26 AM
Quote from: JK on October 22, 2019, 03:47:25 AM
Not technically a song but man is it sad! The Israelite judge Jephtha made a rash vow to God after defeating the Ammonites and had to sacrifice his daughter. This is the heart-breaking "Plorate filii Israel" (weep, you children of Israel), the final lament from Giacomo Carissimi's oratorio on the subject:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PLnla_I9gQ
http://www.jamescsliu.com/classical/Carissimi_Jephte.html
Beautiful and heartbreaking, indeed! And a very difficut paragraph in the Bible. Judges 11,29-40
EDIT: I'm constantly replaying this recording. Such incredible and beautiful music and performance. Thanks for the heads-up!
JK; I'm still not over what a beautiful and emotional piece of music this is! A while ago I found this live performances by the ensemble Vox Luminis. Maybe you like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEk9vLzCPBw
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- Lester Bangs on The Beach Boys
PRO SHOT BEACH BOYS CONCERTS - LIST
To sum it up, they blew it, they blew it consistently, they continue to blow it, it is tragic and this pathological problem caused The Beach Boys' greatest music to be so underrated by the general public.
- Jack Rieley
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Quote from: Rocker on December 12, 2020, 01:11:53 PM
Quote from: Rocker on October 22, 2019, 07:04:26 AM
Quote from: JK on October 22, 2019, 03:47:25 AM
Not technically a song but man is it sad! The Israelite judge Jephtha made a rash vow to God after defeating the Ammonites and had to sacrifice his daughter. This is the heart-breaking "Plorate filii Israel" (weep, you children of Israel), the final lament from Giacomo Carissimi's oratorio on the subject:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PLnla_I9gQ
http://www.jamescsliu.com/classical/Carissimi_Jephte.html
Beautiful and heartbreaking, indeed! And a very difficut paragraph in the Bible. Judges 11,29-40
EDIT: I'm constantly replaying this recording. Such incredible and beautiful music and performance. Thanks for the heads-up!
JK; I'm still not over what a beautiful and emotional piece of music this is! A while ago I found this live performances by the ensemble Vox Luminis. Maybe you like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEk9vLzCPBw
That's beautiful, Rocker. Ich danke dir sehr!
I've been checking out other things by Vox Luminis, most notably this album of music by Buxtehude:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kV38Xp-nuDliFaWbHUQrMQ8fiGHXML1-A
They are definitely up there with the likes of Tenebrae and Voces8. Thank you again!
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